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* [PATCH] usb: phy: don't overwrite a device_type the bus already set
@ 2026-09-24 19:42 Palla Raghunath
  2026-10-09  2:14 ` Peter Chen (Qualcomm)
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Palla Raghunath @ 2026-09-24 19:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Shuah Khan, Brigham Campbell, linux-kernel-mentees,
	raghunathpalla.0209, syzbot+3fb7629cfd12d04beeab,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman, Diogo Ivo, Grzegorz Jaszczyk, Peter Chen,
	linux-usb

usb_add_phy_dev() replaces the device_type of whatever device the PHY
driver passed in:

	x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;

That device isn't ours.  PHY drivers point x->dev at the device they are
bound to, and its bus has usually set a device_type up already.

i2c is where this hurts.  An i2c client keeps its release callback on
the device_type, and leaves dev->release NULL:

	const struct device_type i2c_client_type = {
		.groups  = i2c_dev_groups,
		.uevent  = i2c_device_uevent,
		.release = i2c_client_dev_release,
	};

usb_phy_dev_type has no ->release, so once it has replaced
i2c_client_type there is nothing left to free the client with, and
usb_remove_phy() doesn't put the old type back either.  Removing the
client then hits the warning in device_release():

  Device '0-002c' does not have a release() function, it is broken
  WARNING: drivers/base/core.c:2642 at device_release+0x1de/0x280
  Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
  Call Trace:
   kobject_put+0x162/0x260
   device_unregister+0x27/0x30
   i2c_deregister_clients+0x27d/0x410
   i2c_del_adapter+0xe9/0x230
   i2c_tiny_usb_disconnect+0x3f/0x90
   usb_unbind_interface+0x1e5/0x9c0
   device_remove+0x125/0x170
   device_release_driver_internal+0x4e2/0x6b0
   bus_remove_device+0x2f5/0x470

syzbot gets there with a fake i2c-tiny-usb adapter: instantiate an
isp1301 on the new bus through its new_device attribute, then unplug the
USB device.

Only i2c is affected.  phy-isp1301.c is the one i2c driver among the
twelve callers of usb_add_phy_dev(); the others pass a platform device
or a struct phy, and both leave ->type NULL and keep their release on
dev->release or dev->class->dev_release, so device_release() still finds
one for them.

So only take the device_type if nothing else has.  Callers that rely on
the uevent handler still get it, their ->type being NULL, and the i2c
client keeps the release it cannot do without.

Tested on x86_64 with the syzbot reproducer: before the change the first
isp1301 instantiation panics on unplug, after it 292 instantiate/unplug
cycles pass without a splat.

Reported-by: syzbot+3fb7629cfd12d04beeab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3fb7629cfd12d04beeab
Fixes: a8534cb092d7 ("usb: phy: introduce usb_phy device type with its own uevent handler")
Signed-off-by: Palla Raghunath <raghunathpalla.0209@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/usb/phy/phy.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
index 5a9b9353f343..ded18c7fe32f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
@@ -705,7 +705,13 @@ int usb_add_phy_dev(struct usb_phy *x)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;
+	/*
+	 * Don't clobber a device_type the bus already set.  x->dev is the
+	 * PHY driver's own device, and for an i2c client the release
+	 * callback lives on the type.
+	 */
+	if (!x->dev->type)
+		x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;
 
 	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&x->notifier);
 
-- 
2.34.1


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH] usb: phy: don't overwrite a device_type the bus already set
  2026-09-24 19:42 [PATCH] usb: phy: don't overwrite a device_type the bus already set Palla Raghunath
@ 2026-10-09  2:14 ` Peter Chen (Qualcomm)
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Peter Chen (Qualcomm) @ 2026-10-09  2:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Palla Raghunath
  Cc: linux-kernel, Shuah Khan, Brigham Campbell, linux-kernel-mentees,
	syzbot+3fb7629cfd12d04beeab, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Diogo Ivo,
	Grzegorz Jaszczyk, linux-usb

On 26-09-24 20:42:33, Palla Raghunath wrote:
> usb_add_phy_dev() replaces the device_type of whatever device the PHY
> driver passed in:
> 
> 	x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;
> 
> That device isn't ours.  PHY drivers point x->dev at the device they are
> bound to, and its bus has usually set a device_type up already.
> 
> i2c is where this hurts.  An i2c client keeps its release callback on
> the device_type, and leaves dev->release NULL:
> 
> 	const struct device_type i2c_client_type = {
> 		.groups  = i2c_dev_groups,
> 		.uevent  = i2c_device_uevent,
> 		.release = i2c_client_dev_release,
> 	};
> 
> usb_phy_dev_type has no ->release, so once it has replaced
> i2c_client_type there is nothing left to free the client with, and
> usb_remove_phy() doesn't put the old type back either.  Removing the
> client then hits the warning in device_release():
> 
>   Device '0-002c' does not have a release() function, it is broken
>   WARNING: drivers/base/core.c:2642 at device_release+0x1de/0x280
>   Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
>   Call Trace:
>    kobject_put+0x162/0x260
>    device_unregister+0x27/0x30
>    i2c_deregister_clients+0x27d/0x410
>    i2c_del_adapter+0xe9/0x230
>    i2c_tiny_usb_disconnect+0x3f/0x90
>    usb_unbind_interface+0x1e5/0x9c0
>    device_remove+0x125/0x170
>    device_release_driver_internal+0x4e2/0x6b0
>    bus_remove_device+0x2f5/0x470
> 
> syzbot gets there with a fake i2c-tiny-usb adapter: instantiate an
> isp1301 on the new bus through its new_device attribute, then unplug the
> USB device.
> 
> Only i2c is affected.  phy-isp1301.c is the one i2c driver among the
> twelve callers of usb_add_phy_dev(); the others pass a platform device
> or a struct phy, and both leave ->type NULL and keep their release on
> dev->release or dev->class->dev_release, so device_release() still finds
> one for them.
> 
> So only take the device_type if nothing else has.  Callers that rely on
> the uevent handler still get it, their ->type being NULL, and the i2c
> client keeps the release it cannot do without.
> 
> Tested on x86_64 with the syzbot reproducer: before the change the first
> isp1301 instantiation panics on unplug, after it 292 instantiate/unplug
> cycles pass without a splat.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+3fb7629cfd12d04beeab@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3fb7629cfd12d04beeab
> Fixes: a8534cb092d7 ("usb: phy: introduce usb_phy device type with its own uevent handler")
> Signed-off-by: Palla Raghunath <raghunathpalla.0209@gmail.com>

Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Peter Chen <peter.chen@kernel.org>

Peter
> ---
>  drivers/usb/phy/phy.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
> index 5a9b9353f343..ded18c7fe32f 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
> @@ -705,7 +705,13 @@ int usb_add_phy_dev(struct usb_phy *x)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;
> +	/*
> +	 * Don't clobber a device_type the bus already set.  x->dev is the
> +	 * PHY driver's own device, and for an i2c client the release
> +	 * callback lives on the type.
> +	 */
> +	if (!x->dev->type)
> +		x->dev->type = &usb_phy_dev_type;
>  
>  	ATOMIC_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&x->notifier);
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 

-- 

Thanks,
Peter Chen

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